agony
英['?g?n?]
美['?ɡ?ni]
- n. 苦惱；極大的痛苦；臨死的掙扎
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?agonies;
助記提示
1、agon- + -y.
2、本身的直接含義：痛苦的掙扎，(劇烈的)爭(zhēng)奪，(激烈的)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。
3、由于競(jìng)爭(zhēng)、爭(zhēng)奪的殘酷性和激烈性，進(jìn)而導(dǎo)致身心的煎熬與痛苦，由此進(jìn)而引申為：(精神上或肉體上極度的)痛苦；極度悲痛，臨死的痛苦；垂死的掙扎。
4. 諧音“哀割你”。
5. 和 ecstasy 一起記，電影《The Agony and the Ecstasy》（即：《痛苦與狂喜》，又被翻譯為《萬(wàn)世千秋》）描述了米開(kāi)朗基羅(Michelangelo)畫(huà)梵地岡西斯廷教堂屋頂壁畫(huà)的經(jīng)歷。
中文詞源
agony 痛苦
來(lái)自詞根ag, 做。此處指比賽, 比賽中的精神壓力，痛苦，折磨。
英文詞源
- agony
- agony: [14] Agony is one of the more remote relatives of that prolific Latin verb agere (see AGENT). Its ultimate source is the Greek verb ágein ‘lead’, which comes from the same Indo- European root as agere. Related to ágein was the Greek noun agón, originally literally ‘a(chǎn) bringing of people together to compete for a prize’, hence ‘contest, conflict’ (which has been borrowed directly into English as agon, a technical term for the conflict between the main characters in a work of literature).
Derived from agón was agōníā ‘(mental) struggle, anguish’, which passed into English via either late Latin agōnia or French agonie. The sense of physical suffering did not develop until the 17th century; hitherto, agony had been reserved for mental stress. The first mention of an agony column comes in the magazine Fun in 1863.
=> antagonist - agony (n.)
- late 14c., "mental suffering" (especially that of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane), from Old French agonie, agoine "anguish, terror, death agony" (14c.), and directly from Late Latin agonia, from Greek agonia "a (mental) struggle for victory," originally "a struggle for victory in the games," from agon "assembly for a contest," from agein "to lead" (see act (n.)). Sense of "extreme bodily suffering" first recorded c. 1600.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The Aussie was in agony with a broken finger.
- 這個(gè)澳大利亞人承受著斷指之痛。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. He fell awkwardly and went down in agony clutching his right knee.
- 他笨拙地摔倒了，痛苦地抱住右膝倒在地上。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. He staggered around the playground, screaming in agony.
- 他繞著運(yùn)動(dòng)場(chǎng)跌跌撞撞地走著，并且痛苦地大叫。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. His face screwed up in agony.
- 他的臉痛苦地扭曲著。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. He was writhing in agony.
- 他痛苦地翻滾著。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句